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noctivagous

noctivagous adjective: wandering or active at night.

Adjective

noctivagous (not comparable)

  1. Wandering or active at night

Synonyms of noctivagous

Origin of noctivagous

From Latin noctivagus, from nox, noctis + vagus (“wandering”).

Questions about noctivagous

What does noctivagous mean?
Noctivagous means wandering or active at night.
What part of speech is noctivagous?
Noctivagous is an adjective.

Words near noctivagous in the dictionary

  1. noctivagating
  2. noctivagation
  3. noctivagations
  4. noctivagator
  5. noctivagators
  6. noctivagous
  7. noctograph
  8. noctographs
  9. Nocton
  10. noctophobia
  11. noctovision

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